Hans Michael Gerndt

Prof. Dr. Hans Michael Gerndt is a leading academic at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology. Since 2000, he has headed the Parallel Computer Architecture group within the Faculty of Computer Science, focusing on tools for optimizing parallel supercomputers and cloud applications.

His research emphasizes automatic performance analysis and optimization, particularly through the Periscope Tuning Framework. He has contributed to energy efficiency in computing systems, autoscaling mechanisms for cloud environments, and multi-aspect tuning frameworks for HPC applications. His work bridges theoretical advancements with practical tools for computational efficiency.

Key publications include studies on energy tuning (2018), autoscaling measurement tools (2018), and MIMD-parallelization for supercomputing (1987). Notable awards include the Virtual Institute for High Productivity Supercomputing (VI-HPS) admission (2009) and Eclipse Innovation Award (2005).